MPBE Student Awards

The Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering Student Awards help us to recognise some of the Department’s highest-achieving students each year and celebrate their success.

Sidney Russ Prize for Best Finalist Undergraduate Student

Year	Student Name(s)	Degree Programme
2023	Talha Atcha  Andrea Ripa	iBSc Medical Sciences with Medical Physics and Bioengineering MEng in Biomedical Engineering
2022	Emma Prevot	BSc Physics with Medical Physics
2021	Holly Arumainayagam Gabriel Ide	BEng Biomedical Engineering iBSc Medical Sciences with Medical Physics and Bioengineering
2020	Steen Grover
2019	Preena Patel
2018	Adam Doherty
2017	Martin Tan
2016	Nicola Wolff
2015	Simrun Virdee
2014	Phong Thanh Phan
2013	Anna Zamir
2012	Matthew Elameer
2011	Michael Whitewood
2010	Amanda Barton
2009	Sundeep Patel
2008	Reena Aggarwal

 

John Clifton Prize for Best Non-Finalist Undergraduate Student

Year	Student Name(s)	Degree Programme
2023	Ksenia Odintsova	MSci Medical Physics
2022	Valeria Dosso	MEng Biomedical Engineering
2021	Emman Prevot Andrea Ripa	BSc Physics with Medical Physics MEng in Biomedical Engineering
2020	Cristina Ghica
2019	Asta Olafsdottir
2018	Regina Vivian Barli
2017	Oriana Arsenov and Cyrus Tanade
2016	Yui Chun Leung
2015	Edward James
2014	Sam Searles-Bryant
2013	Geraldine Chee
2012	Marta Caballero
2011	Anna Zamir

Joseph Rotblat Prize for Best Masters Student

Year	Student Name(s)	Degree Programme
2023	Robert Slack	MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine
2022	Ela Kanani	MSc Medical Robotics and AI
2021	Isabelle Hawley	MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine
2020	Suzanne Boardman
2019	Adam Rudrum
2018	Jeffrey Lui
2017	Cornelius Bauer
2016	Mei lok Chiang
2015	Oscar Bennett
2014	Kehao Wang
2013	Anne-Marie Stapleton
2012	Edwina Peck
2011	James O'Callaghan
2010	Katie Eyre
2009	Catherine Eveleigh
2008	Kate Ricketts

 

Robert Speller Prize for Best Paper by a PhD Student

Year	Student Name(s)
2023	Yukun Zhou
2022	Simone Foti
2021	Edward James
2020	Dana Shoukroun
2019	Sana Hannan
2018	Esther Baer
2017	Michael Brown
2016	Guotai Wang
2015	Fabio Vittoria
2014	Gemma Bale
2013	Isabel Christie
2012	Joanna Brunker

 

IPEM Prize for Best Research Project

Year	Student Name(s)	Degree Programme
2023	Louisa Brown	MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine
2022	Ioana Pinzaru	MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine
2021	Isabelle Hawley	MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine

 

Instron Prize for Best Group Research Project

Year	Name(s)	Project Title
2023	Aidan Tang  Charlotte Wei  Kevin Wei
2022	Karol Duque Aaryan Hebbalkar Rachel Wan	How well would rubber sustain if used as wheelchair tyre?
2021	Dimo Dihanov Emily Wagner	Testing the properties of a knee support material

Gowerlabs Prize for Outstanding Extra-curricular Contribution

Year	Student Name(s)	Degree Programme
2023	Carlos Navarrete-Leon	PhD Medial Physics and Bioengineering

Formally the London Myeloma Support Group Prize for Outstanding Extra-curricular Contribution

Year	Student Name(s)	Degree Programme
2021	Carolina Borrelli Oriol Roche i Morgo	MEng Biomedical Engineering PhD in Medical Physics and Bioengineering
2019	Aman Ganglani
2018	Lorenzo Molinari
2017	Marina Melero Bernal
2016	Stecia-Marie Fletcher

The Dean's List

2023

Undergraduate	Postgraduate
Talha Atcha - iBSc Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering Andrea Ripa - MEng Engineering (Biomedical) Nazir Sirajudeen - iBSc Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering  Pratham Upadhyay - iBSc Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering	Louisa Brown - MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine Fuyi Huang - MSc Medical Robotics and AI  Marta Masramon Muñoz - Mres Medical Imaging Adam Phipps - Mres Medical Imaging Robert Slack - MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine Weixi Yi - MSc Medical Robotics and AI

2022

Undergraduate	Postgraduate
Yujia Gao (Wendy) - iBSc Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering Cristina Ghica - MSci Medical Physics Asta Olafsdottir - MEng Engineering (Biomedical) Emma Prevot - BSc Physics with Medical Physics Andrea Ripa - MEng Engineering (Biomedical) Caterina Vanelli Coralli - BEng Engineering (Biomedical)	Ela Kanani - MSc Medical Robotics and AI  Ioana Pinzaru - MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine Ahmed Abdulaal - MRes Medical Imaging

2021

Undergraduate	Postgraduate
Holly Arumainayagam - BEng Engineering (Biomedical) Gabriel Ide - iBSc Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering Khadija Zribi - iBSc Medical Physics & Biomedical Engineering	Josie Carmichael - MRes Medical Imaging Isabelle Hawley - MSc Physics and Engineering in Medicine Zeena Shawa - MRes Medical Imaging

David Hawkes Prize for Best Paper in Imaging, Sensing or Interventional Sciences

Year	Student Name(s)
2023	Laura Privitera

Pictures

View more pictures from our Student Award Celebrations held over the years:

2023 Award Celebration Photos

2022 Award Celebration Photos

2021 Award Celebration Photos